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No. 526,375, A Patentea'sept. 25,1894.

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'DAVID J. BURR, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'llO LEWIS H. LIGHTFOOT, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHIN FORMAKING AND AFFIXING TAGS TO TOBACCO.V

.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,375, dated' September 25, 1 894.

Application filed January 26, 1894. vSerial No. 498,099. (No model.)

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. dent of Richmond, in the. county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor Making Tags and Aixing Them toTobacco; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledr in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same. Y y

The invention relates to machines for forming and afiixing tags and has forits object to increase the certainty of action and efficiency of mechanism which shall be adapted to automatically stamp or cut out tags from sheet metal and convey them to and fix them upon tobacco plugs; and it` consists in the4 construction hereinafter described and particu# larly pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the right hand side of the machine with reference to the position of the operator. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation partly broken. Fig. 3 is a partial front elevation. Figs. 4 and .5 are partial side elevations showing different operative positions of parts. Fig. 6 is a side elevationpartly in section of the dies and connected parts on` an enlarged scale. t Fig. 7 is an enlarged section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an end view of a pulley for moving a sheet of tag making material; and Fig. 9 is a central section of the same. Fig. 10 is a partial side elevation of a det-ail.

\ The machine comprises a tobacco supporting table, plug feeding devices, tag aftixing devices, mechanism for cutting out tags from a sheet or from strips of metal or'other material and means `for conveying them from the point of production to the tobacco plugs to which they are affixed. i

Numeral 1 denotes the main frame and 2 a table adapted to hold tobacco plugs under a tag and diecarrier, comprising two posts 3 l having slots 4 the .feet of said posts being I joined by a cross bar 5.

(See Figs. 2, 3, and 6.) The driving shaft is denoted by 6, a driv ing belt or the like by 6', a parallel shaft by 7 and fast and loose pulleys on the latter by 5o 8 and 8 respectively.

9 indicates a iy wheel. 10 is a pinion on shaft7 which drives wheel 11 fast on shaft 12 whichlike the other shafts named has its bearings in the frame.

each end of said shaft 12 and outside the frame isa cam Wheel having a groove 13 on its inner face adapted to receive a roller 14 pivotally xed upon a lever 15 having a fulcrum 16 xed to the frame the cam being 6o adapted to move the lever as will be described.

To the outer face of the cam wheel is. pivoted eccentrically the rod or bar 17 which is loosely connected to a lever 18 by means of a slot 19 which receives a stud 2O fast on. said 65 Y lever has been thrown to the rear by the pull 7o of the rod 17 exerted on its opposite end. It

lWill be understood that there is a cam Wheel,

lever 1.5 bar 17, -lever 18 and spring 22 on each side of the machine.

The tag carrying frame is pivotally sup- 75 ported by the studs 23 resting in the slots 24 formed in the heads or hubs 25 at the upper ends of the levers 18.

26 denotes a stud fixed in the frarnesup ported post26 and ext'ending'into the slot 8o 4 in post 3 one on each side of the machine.

The posts of the tag carrier with the parts tixed to them are permitted to move freely up and down under the influence of levers 15 the studs 26 sliding in slots 4 which studs 85 however act as movable pivots or fulcrum guides when the tag carrier and its posts and connected parts are tilted by means of the levers 18 which are turned about their fulcrums by the eccentric rods or bars 17 as 1n- 9o dicated in Fig. 4.

By the revolution of the cams in the direction of the arrow and by the medium of the bars 17 and other devices just described, the

tag-die carrier with a female die 27 is moved 95 over a male die 27 and forced down 4'upon the same to cut tags from sheets of tin suitably placed for the purpose. See-Figs. 4 and 10. By the same means the tag-die carrier 1s moved back to the position represented in Fig. l and thereupon by the continued revolution of the cam the part 13 of the cam groove is made to raise the proximate end of lever 15 with the effect to depress an independently movable clearing bar 34 supported 1n the tag-die carrier and affix the tags carried thereby to tobacco suitably supplied in any convenient manner.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 6, 5 denotes the cross bar connecting posts 3 which bar is made to support punches 29 and the female dies 2,7 detachably fastened to its under side. 27 denotes the male dies tive of each kind being indicated in the present case, though any desired number can be used. is a recess in the male die to receive the point of a punch which is fixed to the upper head of the tag carrier, passing therethrough and ending iush with the face of the female die at its center. As the upper die is forced down upon and over the lower one, the tin interposed between them is cut and the punch forced through the tag thus produced forming a fastening burr3l as indicated in Fig. 7. The operation of forming the tag forces it into the upper die so that it is carried therewith and lowered near the tobacco on the table by the operation above described. 'At such times the tag is pushed out of the die and its burr forced'into the tobacco by the above described operation of levers 15 caused by the cam elevation 13 which has the effect to force down the levers 18 to which are attached the rings 18 which levers can descend independently toward the studs or journals 23. To said rings are fixed by screws 32, and 32 which constitute bent arms and carry between their opposite ends a movable clearingbar 34 having fixed toits bottom the tag clearers or pushers 35 working through the female dies.

It will be understood that the tag carrier rests loosely by means of pins 23 in the open slots 24 of the heads 25 of levers 18 and by its gravity follows said levers when pulled down by levers 15 until the female dies fixed in said carrier Yrest upon the tobacco, whereupon the. continued descent of said levers 18 pulls down the rings 18 and the bent levers composed of screws 32 and 33 which pull down the clearing bar, the slots 24 in the heads 25 permitting this movement of said bar to be made independently of the female,

die carrier. The above described pulling down of the clearing bar and its tag clearers 35 pushes the tags out of the dies and fixes them to the tobacco.

37 denote rods pivotally connected to the studs 23 and to a pushing plate 38 whereby a tobacco plug is automatically pushed from the bottom of a pile held in a suitable receptacle and moved under the tag carrier thereby pushing back the previously tagged plug onto an inclined plane or other device for receiving or bearing it away. Any suitable means may be employed for this latter purpose and also for separately disposing of waste tin.

Sheets of tin are suitably held and moved over the lower dies by the following described mechanism. Supported upon the frame and posts 40 and sidewise movable on a shaft is a tin holding inclined plate`4l having side flanges 42 to guide the tin sheets.

43 are sheet-supporting belts surrounding the plate 4l as represented and movable over pulleys 44 said pulleys being supported by the plate, which plate has a loose connection on itsvunder side, by means of the brackets 46, with the shaft 45 supported in and between the upper ends of posts 40. vThe plate is moved endwise on the shaft 45 by the spring 47 after it has been compressed between a post 40 and a plate bracket 46.

47 (see Figs. 2 and 8) denotes a spiral groove in the shaft which receives a pin 39 xed on the inner section of a two part pulley 44. These devices have the effect to partially rotate the shaft when the plate is moved endwise by the spring. This partial rotation moves a belt 43 by means of the pulley 44 on said shaft and the belt 43 correspondingly moves a pulley 44" fast on a shaft 48 which latter shaft has fixed thereon pulleys 44 which move the tin carrying belts 43. The groove 47 is so formed and proportioned that it will cause pulley 44 to revolve just suiciently to move the bclts and the sheet of tin the distance of the diameter of a tag. 'denotes a holding pawl engaginga rack, the pawl being pivoted to the inner part of the pulley andthe rack situated on the outer surrounding part whereby it is effected that the whole pulley is moved by the return of the plate and that the movement of the plate to the right does not move the exterior part of the pulley nor operate belt 43.

rlhe dotted circles at a, 19,0, d and e in Fig. 2 indicate groups of tags to be formed which will of course appear as holes after the tags are cut. One tag in each group, beginning at the left handin said figure, will be rst cut in one operation whereupon the tin supporting plate and the sheet suitably held thereon will be moved to the right adistance equal to the diameter of a tag whereupon a new series of tags consistingof the second in each group will be cutby a repetition of the cutting operation before described.

The tin supporting plate is moved to the right by the medium of a jointed lever 49 having a fixed fulcrum at 50 andan end fixed to the hub of the mutilated gear wheel 51 which wheel is supported to turn in brackets as shown.

52 is a rack movably held on shaft 45 between brackets 46 fixed to the plate 41 and adapted to be movedby the mutilated gear the plate being also thereby moved and the returning spring 47 compressed. The said IOO spring acts to return the plate as soon as rack 52 is relieved from the mutilated gearwheel whereupon by the continued revolution of` said gear the rack is engaged with another section of the wheel in readiness for repeating the operation.

The gear wheel and its driving lever are automatically operated by the tag-afiixing mechanism through the medium of the upper arm of lever 1S and a jointed bar 53 loosely connected to lever 15 at or near its junction with said lever 18. Y The foot of said bar bears upon the free end of the jointed lever 49 in manner to suitably move the arms to turn the gear wheel 51. Y

54 is a holding pawl which engages a ratchet wheel 56 fixed on lthe shaft 57 of the gear wheel.

Referring to Fig. 6 numeral 58 indicates a strip or bar` provided with holes for the free passage of the male dies which latter are solidly supported on a plate 60 made fast to the machine frame. It is normally supported in or near the plane of the face of said dies` by springs 59 surrounding the guide pins 61 entering suitable holes in the die carrier.

` When the upper dies are forced .down over the lower ones the plate 58, see Fig. '7, is del pressed and the spring 59 is compressed. Upon the retreat of the upper dies the springs raisethe plate and clear waste tin liable to adhere to the lower dies. The tin supporting plate is slightly tiltedon its shaft 45 by the stamping operation, and is returned on the retreat of' the die. carrier by gravity its upper end being made heavy for the purpose or springs may be applied. The springs 59 in the operation described will raise the tin sheet and thus tend to return the plate on which it is held. l

It is obvious, although for convenience the terms upper and lower dies are used herein, thatA the tag holding or tag transporting function of the female die is independent of the particular arrangement illustrated. It is also obvious that tags of various forms may be cut without departing from the invention and that details of the machine may be varied provided the mechanical and operative principles of the invention are substantially pre served.

Referring to Fig. 10 of the drawings 60 denotes a guide for a stud 23, one on each side of the machine if desired. The guide may, however, in some cases be dispensed with and is not when used necessarily forked as repf resented.

In an application filed October 13, 1893, and serially numbered 488,132, I have described combinations comprising a tag magazinea carrier with magnets and punches, and mechanism for moving the carrier between the magazine and a tag supporting table, and devices for punching the tags and aftixing them to tobacco, the carrier and punches and mechanism for operating them being similar to those described but not specifically claimed herein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a machine for tagging tobacco, a tag carrier having a hollow die to cut and hold the tag by friction on its interior surface, and means for moving thecarrier to a position to affix the tags, combined with a male die, a punch to punch the tag in the die, devices to operate the punch within said die, and devices to operate the dies, substantially as set forth. y

2. Ina machine for tagging tobacco, a tag carrier having a hollow die to cut and hold the tag by friction on its interior surface, and means for moving the carrier from that-ag receiving to the tag afiixing positions, combined with a male die, a punch to punch the tagin the hollow die, mechanism for operating the dies and punch, and separate devices to push` the tag out of said hollow die and simultaneo'usly affix it to tobacco, substantially as set shaft supporting the plate and having a s pi. ral groove, the returning spring, the drlvlng belt, and its pulley provided with a pin engaged in saidl groove whereby the plate is returned and the metal sheet transversely moved, substantially as set forth.

5. In a machine for tagging tobacco the combination of mechanism for cutting tags, mechanism for afixing them to tobacco and means for suitably moving metal sheets auto matically operated by the tag aflixing merchanism, substantially as set forth.

6. In a tobacco tagging machine the combination with the mechanism for afixing tags to tobacco and the mechanism for cutting tags, of the intermediate devices comprising a jointed lever, a bar operated by the tag affixing mechanism, the rack and gear operated lOO by said lever, and a support fora metal sheet 4 moved by said rack, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this' specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. i

DAVID J. BURR.

Witnesses:

W. P. ROGERS, PERCY MONTAGUE. 

